SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Vol. XLVIII No. 2
How does Apple poll
among college students?
See story on Page 4.

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ADMINISTRATION

Campus police chief set to retire
RYAN PARCHER
Editor-in-chief
After eight years as
Ohlone College’s police
chief, Steve Osawa has announced he will retire at the
end of the year.
Osawa sent a letter of
resignation to college President Gari Browning notifying her of his intent to retire
on Dec. 30.
“February 1st marked 42
years of public service. ... It
is my time to step aside and
allow the college district to
have a new chief,” Osawa
wrote in the letter.

IT IS MY TIME TO STEP
ASIDE AND ALLOW THE
COLLEGE DISTRICT TO
HAVE A NEW CHIEF
- STEVE OSAWA
Osawa worked for the
Fremont Police Department for more than 19
years, in addition to more
than 15 years with other
law enforcement or judicial
agencies.
“[Osawa] has served this
institution phenomenally
well,” Browning said.

“He brought great knowledge and insight to the
position.”
Osawa submitted his
letter of resignation early
to allow the college time to
select a new police chief,
he said.
Continued on Page 3

COURTESY OF STEVE OSAWA

Campus police Chief Steve Osawa will retire at the end of the year.

BUTTERFLIES

LEGISLATION

Newark campus hosts migrating monarchs

Law would
require
affirmative
consent
RYAN PARCHER
Editor-in-chief

Above: A monarch butterfly alights on a flower in the garden located on
the east side of the Newark campus. Below: Ohlone students work to
maintain the gardens at the Newark campus. Right: One of the plants
in the Newark campus garden that attracts monarch butterflies boasts
large yellow flowers.

EMILY BURKHARDT / MONITOR

The state Senate passed a bill last month
that would require Ohlone College, along
with any other college that receives state
funds, to modify their policies regarding
sexual assault. The bill now sits on Gov.
Jerry Brown’s desk, awaiting his signature.
One of the chief components of this bill
is the requirement of “affirmative consent”
as the standard to determine whether
consent was given with regard to sexual
activities. The idea is to transition from a
mindset of “No means no,” to a mindset
of “Yes means yes.”
Ohlone carries less risk than many other
colleges in California because there is no
on-campus housing. While that reduces
the chance of a sexual assault occurring
on campus, the bill is unclear about the
responsibility of a college to investigate
accusations of a sexual assault perpetrated
by a student off-campus.
The bill states that a “preponderance of
evidence” is sufficient for a school to find a
student in violation of the mandatory student conduct policy. A preponderance of
evidence is the level of proof needed to find
a verdict in a civil trial. Basically, it must
be proven to be “more likely than not,”
rather than proven “beyond a reasonable
doubt,” as it would be in a criminal trial.
Despite the bill making it easier to find
an accused student in violation, it pulls up
short of mandating any kind of punishment for a violation of the policy. While the
bill would require colleges to have policies
and protocols for interviewing victims and
Continued on Page 3

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NEWS

MONITOR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

NEWS BITES
New bus stop on
Fremont campus
AC Transit will not
be using the bus stops
on the north side of the
Fremont campus near
Witherly Lane for the rest
of the fall semester, because of changes to the
construction schedule.
Instead, there will be
one bus stop for both the
210 and 217 lines at the
south end of campus,
on Pine Street at the upper loop (Key D) behind
Building 7.
The bus stops on Mission Boulevard will not
change.

Blood drive
today
The American Red Cross
is holding a blood drive today on the Fremont and
Newark campuses.
The blood drive will be
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in
the Cafeteria on the Fremont campus, and from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. in a mobile
van on the Newark campus.
For more information,
call the Student Health
Center at 510-659-6258.

Speech to tackle
assertiveness
Rae Ann Ianiello will
present “Assert Yourself:
Making your Point and
Getting what you Want”
in the first of the fall semester’s Speech Colloquium Series.
The speech will be
from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday
in Room 3101 on the
Fremont campus.

Discount offered
for Warriors tix
Discounted tickets are
available for Ohlone College students, staff, friends
and family members to
attend the Oct. 21 Golden
State Warriors game against
the Los Angeles Clippers.
The game is at 7:30 p.m.
at the Oracle Arena. The
first 10,000 fans will receive
an Andre Iguodala bobblehead doll.
Tickets purchased online at www.warriors.com/
ohlone (Password: WARRIORS) cost $25 total, with
no taxes, surcharges or fees.
A portion of the cost will go
toward The Ohlone Pantry,
a food assistance program
for Ohlone students.
The deadline to buy tickets is Oct. 1.
– Compiled by Monitor staff

Federal agency suing Corinthian
Area trade
schools include
WyoTech in
Fremont
ALIZAIB LODHI
Online editor
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
announced Tuesday that it
is suing the company that
operates WyoTech in Fremont and other area trade
schools, accusing them of
“illegal predatory lending.”
Corinthian Colleges Inc.
operates more than 100 colleges, nearly a quarter of
which are based in California – more than any other
state. They include Heald

colleges in Hayward and
San Jose as well as WyoTech.
About 40 percent of Corinthian students previously have attended community colleges, according to a
company survey.
“We allege that the company lured in tens of thousands of students to take
out private loans to cover
expensive tuition costs by
advertising bogus job prospects and career services,”
the CFPB said in a statement. “Our lawsuit also alleges that Corinthian used
illegal debt-collection tactics to strong-arm students
into paying back those
loans while still in school.”
Corinthian
responded
Tuesday to the CFPB’s complaint, saying it “strongly
disputes the allegations.”
“The complaint ignores

clear, easily obtainable evidence that thousands of
Corinthian graduates are
hired into permanent positions by large and small employers across the U.S. every year,” according to the
response, which was posted
on Corinthian’s website.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a
lawsuit last year against the
for-profit company for misrepresenting job placement
rates, advertising programs
it doesn’t offer and using
military seals in ads, according to a complaint filed
in San Francisco Superior
Court. That lawsuit is ongoing.
Corinthian faced a similar lawsuit from the state
Attorney General’s office
back in 2007. The company
settled the case for about

$65 million, admitting no
wrongdoing.
Under an agreement
with the U.S. Department
of Education, the company is selling 85 of its 97
U.S. campuses and winding down operations at the
remaining 12. WyoTech in
Fremont and Heald colleges in Hayward and San Jose
are among the schools to be
sold.
The CFPB has published
a special notice for Corinthian students at www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/
special-notice-for-corinthian-students.
Anyone having trouble
with their student loan can
submit a complaint to the
CFPB online at www.consumerfinance.gov/complaint or by calling 855-4112372.

Professor, author to speak in Newark
MONITOR STAFF
Fausto Avendaño, author and professor at Sacramento State University,
will speak next month at
Ohlone College’s Newark
campus.
Avendaño, a professor of Hispanic literature and languages, has
a doctorate in Spanish
and Portuguese, and has
studied in the United
States, Mexico, Portugal
and France.
During his visit to
Ohlone as a guest speaker
of the Puente Project, Avendaño will read excerpts
from his historical novel,
“Santa Maria,” explain
his motivation for the

novel, and comment on
the characterization of
the story’s protagonists
and antagonists.
Santa Maria is the story
of two families caught up
in the turmoil of 1850s’
California when Mexican
rural society is turned
upside down while newcomers seek land and
power.
In addition to “Santa
Maria,” Avendaño is the
author of “El Corrido de
California,” a historical
play; “Los Terrícolas,” a
collection of short stories; and “Salazar’s Gold,”
a historical western.
Avendaño will speak
from 9:30 to 11:05 a.m.
Oct. 7 in NC-2102.

Affirmative consent bill passed
Continued from Page 1
accused persons, and seeking witnesses, how exactly
such a process should work
for incidents off-campus
remains unclear. This issue would be especially
important for a school like
Ohlone, with no on-campus
housing.
One thing that will certainly have to change for
Ohlone if the bill is signed
into law is the sexual assault prevention material

and says that consent may
be revoked at any time.
While some critics of the
bill accuse it of trying to
micromanage sex, it is less
restrictive than some wellintentioned college policies
of the past. For example,
while affirmative consent
must be explicitly expressed,
it need not be verbal, unlike
the 1993 policy at Ohio’s
Antioch College, which required just that, and at each
stage of intimacy.

Ohlone President Gari
Browning said she had not
yet fully explored what the
ramifications of this bill
might be for Ohlone, but
she did say, “Ohlone is stepping up its own efforts to
curb sexual violence,” and
pointed out a lunchtime
seminar informing staff
about laws regarding stalking and sexual harassment.
Campus Police Services and
Rosemary O’Neill presented
the seminar on Wednesday.

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Continued from Page 1
“I am willing to assist in
any manner to help recruit
candidates, assist in the selection process, and provide
any training and assistance
in the transition for the new
chief,” Osawa said.
Apparently planning to
take advantage of the opportunity to ensure a smooth
transition, Browning anticipates having a replacement
prior to Osawa’s departure.
The job announcement has
already been completed,
she said.
Osawa said he will still
teach part time, but he
wants to devote more of his
time to teaching adult and
children’s Aikido classes, as
well as doing more reading,
fishing, woodworking and
traveling.

RYAN PARCHER / MONITOR

Top-left: The Ohlone College
police emblem is emblazoned
onto the side of the
emergency vehicle used by
police and safety officers.
Top-right: Building 20 houses
the Campus Police Services’
headquarters. Campus police
will have a new chief next
year.

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FEATURES

MONITOR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Do students no longer find Apple “cool”?
MITCHELL WALTHER
Features editor
The college campus has
often been the testing field
for upcoming trends.
Fashion, inventions, ideologies and even social
movements can find a home
in the halls of a university.
Technology is no different, and with Apple releasing their new iPhone 6 and
iWatch projects, eyes swivel
to stare at the students.
The user-friendly slick
and sleek iPhone has long
been the standard for youth.
A Student Buzz survey by
online textbook rental firm
Chegg, though, tells a different story.
Twenty-nine percent of
students think Apple comes
off as “smug,” while 24 percent feel Apple has “lost its
edge.”
The “cool” rating for
Google and Amazon among
college students rests at 71
percent and 72 percent respectively, but Apple’s fad
factor has dropped to 64
percent.
The most telling sign
though is that 55 percent
of students feel that Apple’s
projects tend be “style over
substance.”
The style and modern
design may actually be a detriment to Apple if their processing power can’t match it.
This raises the question: just
what do college students

want in a phone?
When asked about features that would prompt
them back to Apple, there
were various answers.
A longer battery life came
up, as well greater durability
and more memory. Pomp
and circumstance seem to
be falling by the wayside.
The newest trends seem to
point toward a rise in functionality and higher chances
of survival in students’ social
networking devices.
Numbers can only tell a
piece of the story though,
as Ohlone student Caleb
Prewitt, 20, pointed out.
“People have been saying that Apple is going out
of style for years,” he said.
“Every time a new product
is released their stocks drop,
the public complains, and
they get a bunch of hate from
developers.
“They are not out to impress people or be ‘cool.’
They strive to create products that change our lives
so dramatically we can’t
imagine what life was like
without them.”
The fad of hating on a
product can come and go
just as quickly as a product’s
popularity.
“Everyone thought Facebook would die out years
ago. If Apple ever goes out
of style, it will be long after
I’m dead,” Prewitt said.
Even though Apple’s popularity seems to be at a low

Fremont campus:
40 years on the hill
Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary
of the opening of Ohlone’s current
Fremont campus. The endless
staircase was finished and we’ve been
walking up it ever since. Next week,
The Monitor will be paying tribute to
four decades on the hill. Meanwhile,
here is some trivia about Ohlone.

DID YOU KNOW?
* Ohlone was the first smoke-free college in the
Bay Area, and has set a trend for other colleges.
* Gary Plummer, linebacker for the San
Francisco 49ers from 1994 to 1997, was an
Ohlone student. He played in the 1995 Super
Bowl.
* Ohlone ranks in the top 10 percent of all 112
California community colleges for rates of
transfer and degree completion.
* Ohlone has more than 300 international
students from about 30 countries.

MITCHELL WALTHER / MONITOR

ebb, there is proof to Prewitt’s words.
Thirty-six percent of students said they planned to
get the new iPhone 6, while
roughly 40 percent were on
the fence.
Apple will more than
likely remain a titan here in
the Bay Area.
Being the darling of Silicon Valley offers its perks
to the empire of the late
Steve Jobs.
With phones coming out
from Amazon and Google,
the competition is bound
to be fierce.
The iPhone 6 boasts a big-

IF APPLE EVER GOES
OUT OF STYLE, IT WILL BE
LONG AFTER I’M DEAD.
- CALEB PREWITT

ger screen. This seems to be
a telling sign.
After breaking the record
for the most pre-orders of a
phone ever, we are reminded
that college students remain
only one demographic.
With more than 400 mil-

lion already sold and more
being ordered, if iPhones are
going out of style, the rest of
the world hasn’t heard yet.
After we graduate and
move on though, it has to be
asked, will we decide the future of these companies?

FEATURES

MONITOR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

5

Submissions wanted for
Ohlone Playwrights Festival
MITCHELL WALTHER
Features editor
Ohlone is home to many
different artistic celebrations.
From Soul Surge to Summerfest, creativity has a
home on this campus.
Now, the Theatre and
Dance Department is
planning a brand-new
festival directed toward
writers.
This is Michael Navarra
Smith’s first year here as a
full-time faculty member.
He is looking for applicants for the first Ohlone

College Playwrights Festival.
Opening night won’t be
for a good while, though.
The planned day for
taking the stage will be
sometime around May
2015.
There are deadlines for
when creators can submit
their work, though.
Nov. 14 is the last chance
to enter.
The plays should be
about 10 minutes long,
and Navarra is looking for
world premieres.
The plays should be tilted toward college themes

and focus on issues related to campus life.
“Our aim is to cultivate
plays that speak to our
college-age audience and
contribute to fostering
young playwrights, actors,
directors, and designers in
the theatre,” Navarra said.

Submission guidelines:

‘Cantinflas’
tells epic of
real comedian
LAURA GONSALVES
Staff writer
The movie “Cantinflas” is
the story of Mario Fortino
Alfonso Moreno Reyes.
Better known by his stage
name, “Cantinflas,” actor
Reyes was a comedic titan
in the early years of cinema.
The name Cantinflas is a
contraction of “En la cantina
tu inflas!” meaning “In the
barroom, you talk big!” This
is a phrase the comedian
found so delightful that he
contracted it to Cantinflas
and adopted it as his stage
name.
Starring Oscar Jaenada as
comedic genius Cantinflas
and Michael Imperioli as
his passionate producer Michael Todd, the acting really
shines in this film.
The movie starts with the
humble beginnings of his
stage career and continues
all the way to the night he
won a Golden Globe for the
1956 film “Around the World
in 80 Days.”
Told using a flashback
narrative, the movie depicts
the career of Cantinflas,

starting with Mario Moreno’s humble beginnings in
tent shows.
He struggles with performing until he realizes that
his monologues are a huge
hit with the audience.
In the movie industry,
Cantinflas and Todd collect
favors to propel him to the
silver screen.
He made more than 130
films, and in most his dialogue was improvised,
meaning he made up the
dialogue and jokes with no
script.
Jaenada’s quick wit and
comedic timing dazzle
throughout the 102-minute
runtime.
The movie is definitely
a whirlwind synopsis of
Moreno’s career that shows
both his good habits and
unfortunate mistakes.
From fighting corruption
in the Mexican Actor’s Guild
to his marital infidelities,
this is the story of both a
star, and a real man.
It is said that Charlie
Chaplin proclaimed Cantinflas as one of the greatest
comedians alive after he saw
one of his Mexican films.
He was a darling clown, a
philanthropist who worked
both for the people and the
art he so loved, and a propagandist who never missed
a chance to pursue greater
social reform in his life and
his work.

- Plays must be 10 minutes in length.
- Seeking world premieres.
- Two of every three characters should be of college age (18-26).
- The plays should speak to and from an 18- to 26-year-old
male or female perspective in a diverse society.
- The plays do not have to take place in a college setting.
- All plays chosen will receive be produced by
Ohlone’s Student Repertory Theatre Co.
Submissions can be emailed to Michael Navarra Smith at:
mnavarra@ohlone.edu
* Please include short character descriptions and a brief synopsis.
(Submissions must be in PDF form)

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OPINIONS

MONITOR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

PAYAL GUPTA / MONITOR

New iPhone no longer trendy – or a phone
ALIZAIB LODHI
Online editor
So you all heard about
Apple revealing three different tech gadgets: the
two large phones – iPhone
6 and the iPhone 6 Plus –
and the highly anticipated
Apple watch.
When Apple convened
their annual fall event and
announced the next couple
of upgrades to their products, it came as no surprise
that Apple was up to no
good from the perspective of their top nemesis,
Samsung.

The competition got
really hot when Apple announced it would expand
its iPhone 6 Plus screen to
5.5 inches – eight-tenths
of an inch larger than
the iPhone 6, 1.5 inches
larger than the iPhone 5s,
and two-tenths of an inch
smaller than the Samsung
Galaxy Note 4 – continuing
the trend of phones with
increasingly larger screens.
That really caught me by
surprise. These just aren’t
phones anymore. They
are pocket-sized tablets
that aren’t really so pocket
friendly. I guess Apple isn’t

CAMPUS COMMENT

much of a trend-setter
anymore.

EMILY BURKHARDT / MONITOR

Apple, as we all know, was
once an industry leader
that revolutionized phones
and other handheld technology with the iPhone.
What they did, or tried to
do, others tried to emulate.
Now – not so much.
If you are planning to buy
the new iPhone, Verizon,
Sprint and AT&T are selling
the 16GB version starting
at $199 with a two-year
contract, while T-mobile is
carrying it contract-free for
the full list price of $649.
I have T-mobile, but paying the full list price with
tax and all is just too much

of a burden to upgrade
phones. I’m happy with my
Samsung Galaxy.
I think androids are
easier to use than the IOS
and more user friendly, but
that’s not stopping those
iPhone fanatics. Still, the
“record” 4 million pre-orders Apple received Friday
in 24 hours is not quite the
same as the record set last
year by the iPhone 5c and
5S: sales of 9 million units
in the first three days.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
could best that number,
but it’s not going to be
easy.

“We have so many iPhones
out there, do we really need
another one?”
TARIQ AHMAD
Journalism

“The 6 Plus is way too big. If
I needed a bigger screen I’d
just get a Samsung already”

SENYACE VALVERIA
Nursing

“I think the 6 is cool. It’s just an inch longer and has more
details on it. I don’t like the 6 Plus”

SPORTS

MONITOR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

7

Ohlone defeats Folsom Lake 1-0
Continued from Page 8
scoring chances stopped by
great Ohlone team defense.
Things got heated again
late in the game as Folsom
Lake scrambled to tie the
game.
Doser and a Folsom Lake
player got into it after Doser
charged toward the ball,
snatching it before the player could kick it. The opposing player was visibly frustrated and pushed Doser
who was still on the ground.
“For me, usually when I
get feisty it motivates me,”
said Doser who was named
Player of the Match by
Coach Nordmo. “I push myself because on the inside
you want to prove to them
(your opponent) how good
you are.”
This was an outstanding
victory by the Renegades
as they were missing three
players due to injury and
had only three available
subs to start the game, using two in the middle of the
first half and one in the second half.
Friday’s game followed a
0-0 draw against Napa Valley College on Tuesday.
The Renegades’ next
game is on Friday, Sept. 26,
against Shasta College.

Above: Goalie Kyle Doser kicks the ball out after making a save. Below: Jacob McCutcheon clears the ball, preventing a Folsom Lake goal.

Rengades get first win of the season
ALBERT REBOSURA
Sports editor
After losing the first three
games of the season, the
Ohlone men’s soccer team
got their first victory Friday
over Folsom Lake College 1-0.
The Renegades secured
their victory despite being
outshot 16-2.
“The Folsom team came
at us,” Head Coach Jan Nordmo said. “They were really
strong. They were very unfortunate with a number of
their opportunities.”
“One would say that they
were unlucky and one can
say that we were lucky, but
I think you create your own
luck and we were in the
right position at the right
time, and our goalkeeper
did a fabulous job.” he added.

Ohlone played stellar
defense, led by goalkeeper
Kyle Doser with contributions from Jacob McCutcheon, Jacob Reist, Eduardo
Hernandez and Chase
Walker.
Folsom Lake controlled
the game in the first half.
They were putting the ball
on goal and stayed on the
offensive for most of the
half.
At the 13th minute, Folsom Lake had a great scoring chance from a lead pass
in midfield to a sprinting
forward, but a great slide
tackle by Reist prevented
the opponent from putting
a shot on goal.
Doser was busy for much
of the first half, but kept the
game scoreless even though
Folsom Lake had plenty of
scoring chances.

At the 20th minute, Doser
stopped a corner kick by
punching it out. A couple of
minutes later he was tested
again, stopping a couple of
headers from a cross and a
throw-in.
The game’s intensity
picked up around the 30th
minute and tempers flared.
Doser was picking up the
ball near the penalty line
and a Folsom Lake player
slid recklessly into Dosar,
who had his legs taken out
from under him. A yellow
card was issued for the Folsom Lake player.
The Renegades struggled
to maintain ball possession
in the first half and didn’t
have many chances on the
attacking end.
That wasn’t the case in
the second half. The Renegades had more attacking

chances and sustained ball
possession, including a few
chances from free kicks.
In the 60th minute
Ohlone took the lead off the
right foot of Emilio Torres.
Torres lined up a beautiful
43-yard kick that went to
the top-left corner, sailing
over the leaping goalkeeper.
This was Torres’ first goal
of the season and the first
of his collegiate career. He
wasn’t able to find the back
of the net in his first season.
“I wasn’t expecting that,”
Torres said about his goal.
“I was trying to cross it;
I’m not going to lie. But I’m
happy we scored and we got
the win.”
The rest of the second half
was similar to the first half
as Folsom Lake had their
Continued on Page 7

For the past week,
sports news has been
anything but bright.
Domestic
violence
has been all over the
news, starting with the
recently released video
of former NFL player
Ray Rice’s attack on his
then fiancée and now
wife Jenay Rice. The
fallout, and how it was
handled by the NFL, was
national news, but Rice’s
situation wasn’t the only
negative story.
Racist remarks by Atlanta Hawks’ co-owner
Bruce Levenson and
General Manager Danny Ferry toward Miami
Heat player Luol Deng
were made public last
week as well.
Then,
Minnesota
Vikings running back
Adrian Peterson was
charged with injury to a
child after he allegedly
beat his 4-year-old son
with a switch.
Unfortunately,
the
negative coverage overshadowed a great story
about the Cincinnati
Bengals and player Devon Still.
Still, 25, the Bengals’
second-round draft pick
in 2012, was cut from the
team in late August. According to ESPN.com,
Still was cut due to injuries and because he
wasn’t completely focused on football.
Still’s focus at the
time was for his 4-yearold daughter, Leah, who
was diagnosed with
Stage Four neuroblastoma, a type of cancer.
She has a 50-50 chance
of surviving.
Still was signed to the
practice squad after his
release. Last week, he received the news that the
Bengals would help him
out and activate him
to the team’s 53-man
roster, which means he
would make significantly more money.
Not only did the Bengals make a great gesture by activating Still
to the main roster, but
they also decided to sell
Still’s jerseys and donate all the proceeds to
pediatric cancer treatment and the research
facilities at Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital.
Amid all the negativity, perhaps there’s Still
a chance to feel good
about sports, thanks to
the Cincinnati Bengals.